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1 EXECUTION STAKE
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Execution by burning — has a long history as a method of punishment for crimes such as treason, heresy and witchcraft (burning, however, was actually less common than hanging, pressing, or drowning as a punishment for witchcraft). This method of execution fell into… … Wikipedia
Stake — may refer to: * A stake is a long, pointed object thrust into the ground. Stakes have many applications, such as slaying vampires, demarcating a small plot of land, anchoring guy ropes for a tent or other portable structure, or slowly releasing… … Wikipedia
stake — [stāk] n. [ME < OE staca, akin to Frank * stakka: see STICK] 1. a length of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground, as for marking a boundary, supporting a plant, etc. 2. a) the post to which a person was tied for… … English World dictionary
stake — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English staca; akin to Middle Low German stake pole, and perhaps to Latin tignum beam Date: before 12th century 1. a pointed piece of wood or other material driven or to be driven into the ground as a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
stake — stake1 /stayk/, n., v., staked, staking. n. 1. a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc. 2. a post to which a person is bound for execution, usually by burning. 3 … Universalium
stake — I. /steɪk / (say stayk) noun 1. a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, a part of a fence, a support for a plant, etc. 2. a post, especially one to which a person is bound for execution, usually by… …
Execution by elephant — A condemned prisoner being dismembered by an elephant in Ceylon. Drawing from An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon by Robert Knox (1681). Execution by elephant was a common method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, and… … Wikipedia
stake — I [[t]steɪk[/t]] n. v. staked, stak•ing 1) bui a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support, etc 2) a post to which a person is bound for execution, usu. by burning 3) the stake, the… … From formal English to slang
stake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. post, peg, pile; palisade; burning, execution; wager, bet, ante, pot; security, earnest, deposit; interest, claim, holding; prize, reward. See chance, property. stake out II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rod,… … English dictionary for students
stake — steɪk n. post that is sharpened at one end for driving into the ground; post to which a person who is sentenced to death by burning is tied; execution by burning; wager, bet; investment, share v. risk, gamble; finance, underwrite; mark off a… … English contemporary dictionary
execution — Synonyms and related words: accomplished fact, accomplishment, accordance, achievement, acquittal, acquittance, action, adherence, administration, agency, angary, annexation, annexure, approach, art, assassination, attachment, attainment, ax,… … Moby Thesaurus